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"So this is my life? What happened to the person I thought I might be at this stage of the game? Where did that person go? Why am I feeling like I'm just treading water, trying to stay one step ahead of my bills and obligations. Anyway, I'm just too tired at this point to try to figure out where that other person went. But I sure expected to be living a different life than this one." Most people in their forties, fifties, and beyond catch themselves...
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This is a touching and tender talk that will change forever the way you think about love, sending it, receiving it with those you love whether family, friends, lovers and even colleges. It will remind you to throw away "The Golden Rule" when it comes time to loving people and adopt "The Platinum Rule" which says send the people you love the kind of love they long for and tell your loved ones the way you wish to be loved.
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What do you call an actuary with a sense of humour?
An outlier.
From the author of Confessions of an Actuarial Tutor comes this collection of more than 670 jokes that only actuaries will find funny (though probably only because they have such low standards for humour).
Containing the very best classic actuarial jokes, such as:
How can you spot an extroverted actuary at a party?
He's the one staring at someone else's shoes.
As well as stacks of new...
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A definitive natural history of the Yorkshire Dales, covering the range of wildlife habitats, rich cultural heritage and ecological history of one of our best-loved National Parks. The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a special place: its outstanding scenery and the diversity of habitats is perhaps unrivalled in any other National Park in Britain. This rich biodiversity has been a great attraction to naturalists for over two centuries. But to fully...
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This is a unique and powerful approach to Anger and rage. Discover the differences between healthy and harmful anger with John Lee's life-changing program. Therapist Lee's proven method will help anyone immediately tap into the causes of their own anger, allowing them to get a handle on the emotions that cause stress and pain. Without guilt, shame, embarrassment, resentment, or hopelessness this lecture offers groundbreaking information on controlling...
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The only and therefore funniest actuarial fairy tale book in the world!
Actuarial Fairy Tales is the result of fitting a statistical humor distribution to a dataset of well-known fairy tales after making some assumptions and unfounded extrapolations.
Featuring a diversified portfolio of statistically scintillating stories, including:
R-punzel
The Princess and the p-value
Beauty and the Beastly Actuary
RumpelSTATSkin
Goldilocks and the Three-Bear...
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The mist of poisonous gas that drifted across no man's land from the German trenches opposite the Ypres salient on 22 April 1915 caused ghastly casualties and suffering among the unprepared defenders, and it opened up a huge seven-mile gap in the defensive line. It also signaled the beginning of a new and frightful era of industrialized warfare. John Lee's graphic and perceptive reassessment of this milestone in the history of the Great War - and...
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Vancouver is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll around dramatic Stanley Park, peruse deli treats at Granville Island Public Market, and walk high among the trees in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vancouver and begin your journey now! The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket...
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In this moving, compassionate presentation John Lee shows how to break the crippling cycle of emotional woundedness that is passed from father to son. Sharing his own struggle to come to terms with his father and to recover from a troubled childhood, Lee tells the listener how all men can let go of the past and reclaim themselves and say goodbye to the patterns that are no longer useful or wanted.
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In Spring, 2020, John delivered a brilliant program webinar series. The videos are now available as audio only for the first time. Talk 1 May 14 Being Compassionately Assertive: Reducing Conflict by Understanding Boundaries and Limits-More arguments and discord in relationships at home or at work can be significantly reduced by a fuller and deeper understanding of being compassionately assertive instead of aggressive or passive or passive aggressive....
11) Yummi Yoghurt
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This is a "first"—focused on introducing young people to the Stock Market—but equally relevant to all novice investors. Very deliberately short, easy-to-read, designed to give a 'feel' and an understanding of investment basics, so the reader appreciates what moves share prices, how to invest themselves or to understand and sensibly question what their Stockbroker, Fund Manager, or Financial Advisor is saying or suggesting. Knowledge is imparted...
12) Emotional Intelligence for Couples: Simple Ways to Increase the Communication in Your Relationship
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From best-selling relationship expert comes a common-sense guide to help you and your partner increase your emotional intelligence, teaching you practical ways to express your feelings and strengthen your relationship.
What makes a relationship healthy? Most men and women will respond that it's good communication to be able to openly express their own thoughts and feelings, and to better understand their partner's. Emotional Intelligence for Couples...
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POETRY ONCE WRITTEN IN QUIET SOLITUDE and then shared between three generations is now offered together in this first collection of poems. In A Nod to My Father, a father, son, and grandsonwith obvious differences in style and depthshow uncanny similarities in subject and vision. What ties these writers together, besides relation, are their reflections on our modern times.Influenced by his early research of Longfellow and Whitman, grandfather John...
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Listen and Imagine is a collection of twenty-one short stories written in rhyme. Perfect for bedtime, your child will be able to follow the adventures of the Burra Blad Bird, understand the joy of giving during the holiday season, and recognize that everyone and everything we encounter is different, making the world a more exciting and beautiful place. Selected stories will be available as illustrated children's books, e-books, and audiobooks.
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Business Hack is your essential roadmap to business growth and online marketing success. Author and successful entrepreneur John Lee shares his proven methods to harness the power of online tools, including using social media-offering practical steps to create and implement highly effective cyber-marketing campaigns. Thanks to the digital revolution, you no longer need teams of marketing experts and other expensive overheads to build and promote your...
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This is Robert Bly and John Lee reading together their poetry after a weekend men's conference in the mountains of North Alabama where they co-hosted that conference for 16 years. You will hear the master poet Robert Bly weave his words together to form the magic that only he can produce. Lee reads with enthusiasm and excitement to be reading with his long-time friend.
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Written in rhyme, this book will allow the listener to follow the adventures of the whimsical Burra Blad Bird as he looks for something to drink in the refrigerator, tries to vacation at the beach, creates problems at the zoo, and discovers that capturing a Larf is not very easy to do.
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We've all experienced moments when we lose control of a situation and ourselves. Now, in Growing Yourself Back Up, the first book to explain the idea of emotional regression to the general reader, bestselling author John Lee identifies the circumstances that cause these seemingly uncontrollable feelings and shows how they are directly tied to our experience as children.
No adult, explains Lee, need ever experience the helpless feelings of childhood...
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The Wealth Dragon Way is an essential guide to creating passive income, building property-based wealth, and achieving financial freedom. This inspiring and informative resource can help you define your financial goals and identify the steps you need to take to achieve them. Exploring common myths and misinformation surrounding wealth-such as "money is the root of all evil"-this book shows how overcoming fear and self-doubt can change the way you think...
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A concise history of the origins of the war to end all wars. Many of us know that the first world war began when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo in June of 1914. But have you ever wondered exactly what chain of events led up to the incident that caused the whole world to erupt into one of the bloodiest conflicts in our history? Expert military historian and lecturer John Lee explains the causes behind...